Surviving in the Trenches
Roger Emerson
“By the end of the class, you will have all the materials we need to make you and your students successful, from day one.” - Roger
What to do on day 1,2, & 3. Easy ways to immediately bond with your students and resources to get you started.
Building Trust is Job #1
The First Day:
- Shake, Rattle and Roll - Playing fun music as they enter the room and moving directly into physical warmups is essential.
- Â Never underestimate the power the donut! Â - Teach note values in the first meeting.
- Warmup with Rounds - But not just any round! Â Customize to fit your ensemble.
- The importance of the first choral piece you pass out - The “right” piece can make or break the impression your ensemble has of you…pick wisely.
Meet Your Professor
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Roger Emerson is a professional composer and arranger with over 900 choral titles in print and over 30 million copies in circulation. He is the most widely performed composer/arranger of popular choral music and vocal jazz in the world today. His works include the choral arrangements of Josh Groban's You Raise Me Up, Season's of Love, from RENT, Defying Gravity from WICKED, Joyful, Joyful from SISTER ACT, Don't Stop Believin' from GLEE, and most recently, My Shot from HAMILTON.Â
In addition, his vocal jazz arrangements of Over The Rainbow, Vincent, Blue Skies and I Wish are some of the most performed of all-time. Mr. Emerson has been the recipient of ASCAP's Standard Award for 30 years running and his works have been performed at the White House, Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. He is in constant demand as a lecturer on pop music, vocal jazz and the changing voice and has appeared at numerous MENC, ACDA and JEN conferences.